A woman has died after a road traffic incident involving a lorry and a car this afternoon.

The woman, who is believed to have been a passenger in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene after the incident on the A13 Willow Farm, Rainham today (Monday March 12) at around 1.27pm.

London Ambulance crews attended with a single responder in a car, two ambulance crews, a duty officer and the air ambulance.

Staff treated a man in his 60s who was taken to Queen’s Hospital in Rom Valley Way, Romford as a precaution and another patient was also checked at the scene.